By Nathan Vaughan
This year, one of the largest events planned for Senior Week almost didn’t happen. The trip to Mohegan Sun, a casino resort in Connecticut, drew heated debate during the planning stages last October, due to Northeastern rules against gambling. But in the end, the senior class rented out a nightclub at the casino.
“On that trip, we are certainly not encouraging people to gamble,” said Chris Haner, the class of 2008 president. “That’s not the point of it. The point is to go and have a good time. The reason we elected to have it there is that it’s just a really nice nightclub. It’s very big and can hold a lot of people.”
Other than the trip to Mohegan Sun, the rest of the events for Senior Week have been used in the past. They include a Red Sox vs. Toronto Blue Jays game, a Six Flags trip and a Boston Harbor Cruise. Of the ticketed events only the Mohegan Sun trip has tickets left, as of press time. For the other events, tickets sold out quickly.
The 500 available Red Sox tickets sold out in just about an hour. However, Haner said a few non-seniors might have bought tickets and those tickets will be sold to the waiting list. The harbor cruise tickets sold out in about four or five hours. The other events are a cocktail party that opens senior week and an alumni BBQ.
Ticket sales were handled through NUPAY and Student Affairs. For the most part, ticket sales went smoothly, Haner said. However, there are seniors who said they would have preferred if some of the tickets went on sale at night.
“At least do it at night when people are at home and not at work, or in classes all day. Maybe [they should] sell the tickets in two shifts,” said senior Rosemarie O’Connor, a physical therapy major.
Many members of the senior class said the Class of 2008 Council has put together a good line-up of events.
“I’m excited for senior week. It’s a nice ending to a compilation of five years of hard work and friendships,” said Alyssa Gugliotti, a senior communication studies and journalism major.
Some seniors were disappointed that they were unable to get tickets to certain events. Ashley Teixiera, a senior psychology major, said she wished she could have gotten two tickets to the Red Sox game so she could go with a friend, who isn’t a senior.
Other seniors had new ideas for events. Senior Elizabeth Bachhuber, a international business major, suggested adding a comedian to the lineup. Amanda O’Brien, a senior finance and accounting major, said a theatre show or a musical would be a nice addition. O’Connor said adding a second boat to the harbor cruise on the same night would be a benefit to the seniors.
There were some seniors who didn’t seem to know much about senior week events.
“I don’t know when [the tickets] go on sale. We get e-mails about it, but instead of getting one email about all events you get one for each event and there have been three bar nights already, so it’s just really confusing what’s happening when, and when you need to get tickets by,” O’Brien said.
